tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13173932.post115777103361465968..comments2024-01-27T12:33:01.469-05:00Comments on Bloggamooga: Goddamn cigarsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13173932.post-1158022925721383402006-09-11T21:02:00.000-04:002006-09-11T21:02:00.000-04:00Hey--I just had the pleasure of meeting Ali Riley ...Hey--I just had the pleasure of meeting Ali Riley when she was in Edmonton doing the Book TV version of the 3-Day Novel contest. We shared some good laughs discussing the Little House on the Prairie TV show, among other things. I bought her book, Wayward, and am liking the heck out of it.Fancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03235141764450935578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13173932.post-1157869990040827192006-09-10T02:33:00.000-04:002006-09-10T02:33:00.000-04:00i smoked cigars when i was in high school. wine di...i smoked cigars when i was in high school. wine dipped old ports with a plastic nipple. once i visited ybor city (tampa) and watched expatriate cubans roll me a triple corona (at least nine inches); i smoked it all afternoon and got sick for three days. when my first son was born, i bought quality cigars from a fancy humidor shop and we lit up around a table in a las vegas pub, "mad dogs and englishmen," named after the song noel coward wrote for my grandmother's cousin (beatrice lillie: http://www.laynelittlepage.com/beabio.html). needless to say i got sick again and when my second son was born i was proud to pass out chocolate cigars.roxwordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08285663735302382941noreply@blogger.com